My thanks to the Tennessee folks for handling this with such grace. I can recall with visceral physicality the feeling of staring at the budget commitments for 2015, in the days before registration opened. It's a deep pit we dig ourselves into each year; and it's great that we reliably refill it, but I think it's past time we as a community take responsibility for it up-front.
- Tom On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess <co...@sheldon-hess.org> wrote: > This can't have been an easy decision. Thank you, to the Chattanooga local > committee, for all of the work you've already put in -- much of which will > be, sadly, even more invisible, now that we are not holding the conference > there. > > I'm not sad that we aren't holding the conference in Chattanooga--despite > wanting to see the city and experience the conference that the locals would > have planned!--because, finances aside, that legislation would have put > some of our community members in a real bind, if it passed. I'm proud to > see our community living its ideals. > > - Coral > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Schurr, Andrea <andrea-sch...@utc.edu> > wrote: > > > Not only quite difficult, but fiscally irresponsible... We'd be asking > an > > organization unaffiliated with Code4Lib to guarantee contracts for > hundreds > > of thousands of dollars -- when there is a legitimate concern that > > Tennessee could pass legislation that would cause almost half of our > > community to refuse to attend (not to mention the very real possibility > of > > being boycotted by entire municipalities/states). In the end, we felt > like > > we made the only reasonable choice. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > > Collier, Aaron > > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 1:28 PM > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Update Regarding C4L17 in Chattanooga > > > > I would guess that the swing between "current" and "if passed" makes > > securing the financial sponsor quite difficult. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > > Matt Sherman > > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 10:20 AM > > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Update Regarding C4L17 in Chattanooga > > > > Just listening in, part of the discussion on Slack and IRC made it sound > > like the financing was the bigger issue. > > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Matt Connolly <mj...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 7, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Brian Rogers <pqb...@mocs.utc.edu<mailto: > > pqb...@mocs.utc.edu>> wrote: > > > > > > We’ve determined that given this community’s commitment to providing a > > safe and accommodating environment for all attendees, it is morally and > > fiscally irresponsible to continue the effort of hosting the annual > > conference in Chattanooga. This decision was not an easy one, and there > > were hours of discussion as to the pros and cons of proceeding, informed > by > > your responses to the survey, as well as our individual opinions. > > > > > > The survey results clearly show that the vast majority of respondents > > were not interested in boycotting Code4Lib Chattanooga. What number would > > have inclined you to proceed, if a 75% affirmative vote wasn’t positive > > enough? > > > > > > — Matt > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Matt Connolly > > > Applications developer, CUL-IT > > > 218 Olin Library > > > Cornell University > > > (607) 255-0653 > > >
